5G

Government Hopes £16m University 5G Network Will Make UK A World Leader

Government ups commitment to 5G development with academic testbed targeting a 2018 end to end trial

7 years ago

There’s More Life In 4G As EE, Qualcomm & Sony Show Off Commercial Gigabit LTE

Commercial gigabit LTE is now live in the UK in Cardiff and London's Tech City as the foundations of 5G…

7 years ago

Arqiva Buys More 5G Spectrum To Boost London Fixed Wireless

Arqiva buys more 28GHz spectrum as it prepares for trial with Samsung in London this summer

7 years ago

Vodafone Deploys Europe’s First Massive MIMO Base Station In 4G Coverage & Capacity Drive

Vodafone is using Massive MIMO to improve capacity and pressing ahead with coverage improvements ahead of 4.5G and 5G

7 years ago

IOC Partners With Intel For VR, 5G And 360 Video Replays At Olympics

Intel will get the chance to show off its virtual reality prowess as well as several other technologies

7 years ago

Culture Minister: Tory Government Will Still Deliver Fibre, 5G And Minimum Broadband Speeds

Reappointed culture minister says digital programmes, 5G and broadband investment will go ahead despite political uncertainty

7 years ago

‘Pre-5G’ Backhaul Powers Inflatable EE 4G Air Masts For Disaster Zones And Rural Areas

EE makes use of 5G backhaul for inflatable 'helikite' that will aid emergency services and spread rural 4G

7 years ago

Broadband Industry Demands Planning Reform For FTTP & 5G Rollout

Industry body BSG says local, central governments and providers must work together to eliminate barriers for FTTP and 5G

7 years ago

Election 2017: Conservatives Make ‘Fast Changing Tech’ And Security Key Priorities

GE2017: Tories want the UK to be the best place to start a digital business and promise to make the…

7 years ago

O2 Invests £80m In London Small Cells To Boost 4G And Pave Way For 5G

O2 says investment in 1,700 small cells will boost capacity on its mobile networks today and tomorrow

7 years ago

O2 Will Comply With EU Law And Abolish European Roaming

O2 confirms plans to let customers use their phones abroad at no extra cost across Europe, falling in line with…

7 years ago

Newport 5G Chip Facility Hopes To Make South Wales A Tech Hub For IoT

Welsh government invests £12m into £38m 5G compound semiconductor factory as part of bid to make South Wales a tech…

7 years ago

London Remains Well Down In Urban 4G Mobile Rankings

Best and worst cities for 4G mobile coverage revealed in new study, as London continues to lag

7 years ago

Three Plans 1Gbps Home Broadband Service Using 3.4GHz Spectrum

Three plans to deliver fixed wireless broadband services to 40 percent of the UK population once £250m acquisition of UK…

7 years ago

UK And 14 Other EU States ‘Oppose’ Minimum Spectrum Licences Ahead Of 5G

15 EU countries claim minimum 25 year licences would stifle innovation and flexible in the mobile sector

7 years ago

5G Connected Smart Bandages To Monitor Wounds

The bandages are to use nano-sensors to detect wound conditions, relaying this and other patient data to doctors over 5G…

7 years ago

Mobile Data Traffic Will Flood Wi-Fi Networks This Year

Telcos need to be more strategic when it comes to incorporating Wi-Fi into their product offering

7 years ago

Liberty Global: Road To 5G Is Far From Certain If Market Is Too Competitive

Mike Fries, CEO of Virgin Media's parent company Liberty Global, and French telco giant Orange say current mobile market is…

7 years ago

Budget 2017: Government Funds 5G, AI, And STEM Skills Investment

No big suprises: The government's technology funding builds on from last year's Budget

7 years ago

MWC 2017: Robots, IoT, Connected Cars, And Android Smartphones Of Course

Silicon snaps a smorgasbord of tech and activity from Mobile World Congress 2017

7 years ago

MWC 2017: EU Urges 5G Progress But Post-Brexit Britain Could Suffer

EU Digital Commissioner Andrus Ansip promises to support 5G in Europe but admits UK may not benefit from digital single…

7 years ago

MWC 2017: BT Mentors Telco Startups With Facebook And Works With Nokia On 5G VR

BT joins Facebook-led Telecom Infra Project (TIP) and will open telco startup accelerator in the UK

7 years ago

London Hosts First UK 5G Fixed Wireless Trial As Samsung & Nokia Work On Interoperability

Arqiva and Samsung will trial 5G on 28GHz in fixed wireless access tests as latter works with Nokia to ensure…

7 years ago

Verizon Holds Fixed Wireless 5G Trials In US

US 5G moves one step closer with Samsung and Verizon trials in five US cities

7 years ago

New Qualcomm Snapdragon Chips Have 5G And IoT In Their Sights

Qualcomm Snapdragon 201 comes with support for Google's Android Things IoT operating system

7 years ago

BT & Huawei Work On 5G Network Slicing For Individual Applications

BT and Huawei are the latest to work on 5G slicing - ringfencing parts of mobile networks for specific uses

7 years ago

Ericsson, DT, SK Telecom Demo 5G Roaming

Successful 5G trial across two continents showcases roaming capabilities of next generation networks

7 years ago

Cisco: Mobile Data Traffic Will Reach 587 Exabytes By 2021

Who'd have guessed that mobile data will rise massively by 2021?

7 years ago

Australia Prepares For 5G With Launch Of 1Gbps 4G

Telstra and its network partners gear up for 5G launch with gigabit LTE in major Australian cities

7 years ago

Government Promises To Support UK Tech With £4.7bn R&D Fund

Theresa May outlines plans to support smart energy, robotics, IoT, 5G and biotech with new fund for post-Brexit tech

7 years ago